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always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,
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in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
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For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
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For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.
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For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.